Illuminated sign.



iLLUMINfkI'ED SIGN.

APPLlcm'lN FILED umg. 1914.

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` slots proportionate to their relative diami eters, as shown above at m, Fig. 2,

The electric lights used may show Whitel l 1s pierced with a multiplicity of small holes multiplicity for the passage of light, means for illumimating the interior of said receptacle, a of toothed gears pivoted to the Bear'- face of said front, meshing with each Iother in a continuous train, said gears having radial slots extending from near the center to the periphery, means for rotating said gears, saidA holes being arranged in alinement with the paths described by said slots when said gears are rotated, whereby the light from said illuminating means is alternately permitted to pass through each hole and shut off therefrom, during the rotation o f said gears.

2. In an illuminated sign of the character described, the combination oi a closed receptacle of opaque material having in its front a series of holes placed closely together along a curved line, a multiplicity of opaque gears pivoted to the rear side of said front, engaging with each other in a continuous train, said. gears having radial slots, means for rotating said gears, said holes being arranged in ali-nement with the paths described by said slots when said gea-rs are rotated-, whereby the light from said illuminating means is alternately perl mitted to pass through each olf therefrom, gears.

hole and shut during the rotation of said ROBERT O. BRITTAIN. Witnesses:

ELMER, A. Mnnkmia, ALBERT J. ANDnRsoN. 

